AVOCET

avocet

(noun) long-legged web-footed black-and-white shorebird with slender upward-curving bill

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

avocet (plural avocets)

Any of four species of wading birds in the genus Recurvirostra, of the family Recurvirostridae, with long, slender recurved bills, long legs, and webbed feet.

Anagrams

• octave, vocate

Source: Wiktionary

Av"o*cet, Av"o*set, n. Etym: [F. avocette: cf. It. avosetta, Sp. avoceta.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: A grallatorial bird, of the genus Recurvirostra; the scooper. The bill is long and bend upward toward the tip. The American species is R. Americana. [Written also avocette.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition